Liverpool have a stiff early test in their quest to repeat as Premier League Champions: a visit to St. James’ Park to face Newcastle United. It’s a match that’s already laden with narrative, so it’s really hard to think that there might be yet one more angle to this affair worth discussing.
Enter the official site who put together an article that noted the club could set a couple of club records depending on specific outcomes tomorrow. First, a goal in this match would put them joint-first in club history
as far the record for most consecutive games scored in. Second, they’d also set the mark for most consecutive away matches scored in.
Liverpool as a club aspire to the kind of excellence that one can only ascribe to the giants of world football. As a fan that came on during the dark days of the Hodgepocalypse, it was always a struggle to understand the insistence from fans who’d been around during the 70’s and 80’s that Liverpool’s ambitions should be all-conquering.
And while allowing for the obvious point that there’s a reason no team’s be able to to drop a quadruple in terms of the major domestic and international trophies, I can feel my body begin to truly want to set these lofty expectations for this iteration of Liverpool. It aligns with this image of Liverpool I’m holding that feels imposing and powerful. A Liverpool that is, then, one that walks with a large wake.
Liverpool demand excellence from its club and if they do their job on Monday, they should meet that standard while also etching their collective name into the historical record.
